On Oct. 14, 1996, Hiroshi Yagi photographed a wolf-like animal in the mountains of Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. The creature was later called the Chichibu yaken (wild dog). | COURTESY OF...

2024年2月1日 · Yagi named the newly uncovered creature “Chichibu wild dog.” He believes it provides evidence for the Japanese wolf’s presence. SUCCESSIVE SIGHTINGS. Toward the end of the gathering, a member of...

The Japanese wolf (Japanese: ニホンオオカミ（日本狼）, Hepburn: Nihon ōkami, or 山犬, yamainu [see below]; Canis lupus hodophilax), also known as the Honshū wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.

Imaizumi named the animal the Chichibu yaken (Chichibu wild dog) and concluded the letter as follows: “Setting aside what exactly a ‘Chichibu yaken’ is, it seems apparent that (the creature...

For any remaining wolf, genetic swamping from domestic dogs would be a real issue. These days, due to the ambiguity of the animal it is usually referred to as the Chichibu-yaken, "Chichibu wild dog". Yagi is still looking for wolves to this day-in 2018 he recorded trail camera footage of deer running from something- and in the background a howl ...

An image of a canine seen in a mountain area of the Chichibu region in Saitama Prefecture, outside Tokyo, in October 1996 proved to be of particular interest. Spotting a mammal about the size of a Kishu dog, Yagi thought it “must be a Japanese wolf” and sent a photograph of the animal to the former head of the National Museum of Nature and ...

Nineteen photographs of an animal "Chichibu wild dog" were taken on 14 th October 1996 at the Chichibu mountains. Four of photos that captured artificial structures on the same picture, were analyzed for determination of body, head and face sizes.

The shrine's komainu (guardian dog statues) are enshrined as wolves, called Oinu-sama (honorable dogs), rather than foxes, reminding us of the strong feelings of the people who eked a living from the mountains in those times.

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At Chichibu Villa -komura-, you can bring your dogs and enjoy a stay together without any restrictions. It is equipped with an approximately 66-square-meter private dog run where you can freely play, run, and feel nature with your dogs.